takes place next month and the results will be january 9th. >>> and will it be alex smith? he will decide which men will be starting quarterback today before practice. he played well, suffered a concussion against the rams earlier this month. 9ers play this sunday. >>> a little bit of a controversy, i guess. >> what isn't, just a little bit of light rain and let's go to tara and see how the traffic is forming. >>> and we are saying it is not bad at all. winds could be an issue if you take a look at san mateo bridge, you can see traffic is flowing nicely but things are starting to pick up. at 680 at the sun sunol -- sunole grade, as you make your way towards fremont, no problems and headlights are westbound and moving well as you drive towards concord. >>> the system is poised offshore, sprinkles out ahead of it so again the earlier the better 7:00 to 9:00 and that's when things will begin to crank up. and the key is not so much this sunday. if that one stalls out, there could be some heavy rain totals towards the rushing river and santa cruz mountains. the marin coast, we wi